Re: Printing ASCII

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From: Grant McArthur
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 21:46

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In article <1ihok0INNmb8@morrow.stanford.edu> GG.MPD@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michael Durket) writes:
>Is there an interface into OS/2 printing that allows you to
>submit an ASCII file to be printed on any printer (i.e. does
>OS/2 have a general purpose ASCII to printer-dependent page
>formatting routine)? I'd like to avoid writing a routine to
>do this for my program if one already exists that I can use.
>
>Any assistance is appreciated.

Use LPT1: (or whatever printer port you wish) like a file.  Use DosOpen with 
LPT1: as the file name, and then treat it like a file with DosWrite() calls.

I found that worked nicely for printed ASCII to a printer.  (My case was 
information tables to a HP emulating printer by the NULL printer driver.)

Hope this helps,
Grant McArthur
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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